{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-39-5-540","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 39-5-540","heading":"Waiver of blind bidding prohibited.","body":"If the first run exhibitors within any county in this State desire to waive the provisions of this article for the purpose of blind bidding on a movie to be shown within that county, the exhibitors may waive the provisions and blind bid if all exhibitors within that county who exhibit first run movies agree in writing to such waiver; and the distributors shall have the right to request waivers from any and all first run exhibitors.","path":["Title 39 - TRADE AND COMMERCE","CHAPTER 5 Unfair Trade Practices","ARTICLE 5 Bidding and Negotiation of Contracts for Exhibition of Motion Pictures"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t39c005.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:16:34Z","sha256":"656f53c7d25bf9017b6a0086bc3591d4f136a088644c20a1d96c75f2d9985f66","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-39-5-530","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-39-5-550"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}